Norman L. Bowen
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| Born | Norman Levi Bowen June 21, 1887 Kingston, Ontario, Canada |
| Died | September 11, 1956 (aged 69) |
| Nationality | Canadian |
| Alma mater | BSc, Queen's University School of Mining, Kingston, Ontario[3] PhD, Massachusetts Institute of Technology, 1912[3] |
| Known for | Bowen's reaction series |
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| Fields | Reginald A. Daly[3] |
Norman Levi Bowen FRS[2] (June 21, 1887 – September 11, 1956) was a Canadian geologist. Bowen "revolutionized experimental petrology and our understanding of mineral crystallization". Beginning geology students are familiar with Bowen's reaction series depicting how different minerals crystallize under varying pressures and temperatures."[4]
Career
Bowen conducted experimental research at the Geophysical Laboratory,
geophysical
foundation for the study of rocks and minerals.
Personal life
Born in Kingston, Ontario, Canada, Bowen married Mary Lamont in 1911, and they had a daughter, Catherine.
Awards and honours
Bowen was elected to the
the Geological Society of America in 1941 and served as their president in 1945.[8] He was elected a Foreign Member of the Royal Society (ForMemRS) in 1949.[2]
The Norman L. Bowen Award, awarded annually by the American Geophysical Union, is named in his honour.
The astronauts of Apollo 17 named a small lunar crater after him.
References
- ^ Norman Levi Bowen — Biographical Memoirs of the National Academy of Sciences
- ^ S2CID 73262622.
- ^ a b c "Norman L. Bowen: A founding father of experimental petrology (Geochemistry and Geochronology)". science.ca. 2015-04-08. Retrieved 2021-10-29.
- ^ Chamot, Josh. 100 Years of Science History., Geotimes, 3 (2002): 44–45. http://www.geotimes.org/mar02/onexhibit.html
- ^ "Norman Levi Bowen". American Academy of Arts & Sciences. 2023-02-09. Retrieved 2023-07-11.
- ^ "APS Member History". search.amphilsoc.org. Retrieved 2023-07-11.
- ^ "Norman L. Bowen". www.nasonline.org. Retrieved 2023-07-11.
- ISBN 0-8137-1155-X.
Further reading
Wikimedia Commons has media related to Norman L. Bowen.
- Norman L. Bowen, science.ca Profile. Available from: http://www.science.ca/scientists/scientistprofile.php?pID=271
- Yoder, H. S., Jr. Norman L. Bowen: The Experimental Approach to Petrology. GSA Today 5 (1998): 10–11. Available: https://web.archive.org/web/20130501133735/http://www.gsahist.org/gsat/gt98may10_11.pdf
- Yoder, H. S., Jr. Norman L. Bowen (1887–1956), MIT Class of 1912, First Predoctoral Fellow of the Geophysical Laboratory. Earth Sciences History 1 (1992): 45–55. Available: https://web.archive.org/web/20050306092622/http://vgp.agu.org/bowen_paper/bowen_paper.html
- Norman Levi Bowen Papers, 1907–1980 (Bulk 1907–1955), Geophysical Laboratory, Carnegie Institution of Washington, D.C., Finding aid written by: Jennifer Snyder, March 2004, PDF available: https://web.archive.org/web/20050222182019/http://hq.ciw.edu/legacy/findingaids/bowen.pdf
- Strickler, Mike, Ask GeoMan..., What is Bowen's Reaction Series?, http://homework.uoregon.edu/mstrick/AskGeoMan/geoQuerry32.html
- https://web.archive.org/web/20050325182852/http://carnegieinstitution.org/legacy/findingaids/bowen.html Bowen bibliography site
- https://web.archive.org/web/20051003223226/http://www.agu.org/inside/awardees.html#BowenList of Bowen Award winners
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